Citizen Science Provides an Efficient Method for Broad-Scale Tick-Borne Pathogen Surveillance of Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis across the United State

The national citizen science tick collection and testing program was used to describe the distribution and prevalence of four Ixodes-borne pathogens, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Borrelia miyamotoi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti, across the continental United States.

本研究依托全国公民科学蜱虫采集与检测项目（national citizen science tick collection and testing program），对美国本土范围内四种经硬蜱（Ixodes）传播的病原体——伯氏疏螺旋体广义群（Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato）、宫本疏螺旋体（Borrelia miyamotoi）、嗜吞噬细胞无形体（Anaplasma phagocytophilum）以及微小巴贝斯虫（Babesia microti）——的分布与流行率展开了描述。